IBM's Z9 a Cure All?

Those that heard IBM officials talk about the potential of the mainframe in
the modern computing age would think that Big Iron has always waxed and
never waned. For Big Blue, the talk is now centered around collaborative
processing at a time when supply chains have gotten incredibly complex.

IBM (Quote, Chart) Tuesday launched
the z9 mainframe line to applause at an event in New York, which included demonstrations of the Blue Gene supercomputer and, of course,
mainframes.